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Posted 28 Sep 2008 — by Ellie
Category Geek Girl
About time! Firefox 3 officially supports built-in Gmail as your default email client support!
I showed you a hack back in July that would force Gmail to be your default email client.
However, for those who aren’t as comfortable with coding, try these quick steps to set your Gmail account as your default email client:
- Open the Options window (or Preferences on Linux and Mac).
- Click the Applications tab.
- Type “mailto” (without the quotes) in the Search Field.
- In the Action column Select “Use Gmail”.
- Click OK.
You do not have to restart your browser.
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Posted 31 Jul 2008 — by HarriMac
Category Soulville
Have you ever bookmarked something in your browser only not being able to find it later using the search term but you know it’s there? Then you’re like me.
I don’t have a quick fix, but I have a way you can productively spend an hour or two, which will gain you more time in the future.
Organize your bookmarks! Of course the smart way to do this would be to organize them as you bookmark them, but I use shortcuts for bookmarking and that’s too much of a hassle 
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Posted 27 Jul 2008 — by Ellie
Category Geek Girl
Firefox 3 has been on the tongues and fingertips of people around the globe since it was released. All of the new features have been met with delight, and techies everywhere have been finding tweaks to make Firefox run faster or suit their needs.
The Firefox Bookmarks Library features built-in tagging support and easy drag-and-drop labeling.
Everybody loves the Internet’s dynamic nature.
It is constantly changing and evolving to meet the needs of its users.
A few of my favorite web applications launched new features this week, or at least they hit my account this week!
Of course, you should check out my posts about the new WordPress version 2.6 – WordPress 2.6 Released a Month Ahead of Schedule and Shareaholic – Shareaholic helps you share your favorite websites, if you haven’t already.
- The WordPress Themes Repository was relaunched! Yay! I can stop by the site and check out new and updated themes – no more Google searching for themes – find the good ones right on WordPress’ website!
Posted 15 Jul 2008 — by Ellie
Category Geek Girl
Shareaholic is a Firefox plugin that gives you the ability to share on social networks, bookmarking sites and via email any websites that you come across and want to share. 
It supports over 21 different social networking sites, bookmarking services and has neat features that will have you using Shareaholic daily!
As you can see from the screenshot, once you install Shareaholic into your Firefox (Flock and Songbird are also compatible) browser, the plugin will insert the Shareaholic button in your Firefox toolbar, and upon clicking the button, a dropdown menu will appear. If the site has already been saved or Dugg, you will see this information, too! I love checking out how popular a website is, so this is a great addition to the plugin.
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Posted 07 Jul 2008 — by Ellie
Category Geek Girl
Does having a large number of unread messages in your Gmail inbox drive you nuts?
A quick, surefire solution is to mark all items as read; sounds easy, but what about emails in other folders (labels), too?
First, perform a quick search for all unread messages (is:unread); then press “Select: All”.
Now, press “Select all conversations that match this search”.
And finally, press “Mark all as read” in the dropdown menu “More Actions”.
Now, all of your unread items are now marked “read”!
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Posted 05 Jul 2008 — by Ellie
Category Technology
If you thought the CTRL shortcuts for Firefox were helpful – check out the ALT shortcuts for Firefox!
- Back – ALT+Left Arrow
- Forward – ALT+Right Arrow
- Home – ALT+Home
- Close Window – ALT+F4
- Open Address in New Tab (from Location Bar or Search Bar) – ALT+Enter
- Select Location Bar – ALT+D
- Select or Manage Search Engines (when Search Bar is focused) – ALT+Up Arrow or ALT+Down Arrow
photo credit: Blyzz
Saving time while surfing (or working) can give you more time to get things done or enjoy life a little bit more!
Some of these quick CTRL shortcuts for Firefox may be familiar to you, but others not so much. So check out this list, which was complied by Mitch over at Firefox Facts:
Ctrl + 1 through 9 = Quick switch between 9 open tabs
Ctrl + Page Up = Move left through your open tabs
Ctrl + Page Down = Move right through your open tabs
Ctrl + P = Print Screen
Posted 03 Jul 2008 — by Ellie
Category Geek Girl
Have you upgraded to Firefox 3 yet?
Yes? Great!
No? Whatcha waiting for?
I admit, I tried a few of the betas and a release candidate of Firefox 3, and I was left feeling like, “This is it?” I wasn’t anxious or even looking forward to the download, but when the final release candidate was released, I felt like maybe, just maybe, I could download it on Tuesday, June 17, and feel okay with whatever came my way.
